Digital audio/video apparatus and method that can perform additional operations

Abstract

An audio / video (AV) apparatus such as a digital television set and a digital set-top-box device, which can perform additional operations such as an electronic album, MP3 and FIMS, and an additional operation performing apparatus appropriate for the digital AV apparatus. The digital AV apparatus can include an AV decoder to output video and audio data, a scaler to adjust resolutions of video data output from the AV decoder and additional information video data provided from an external video source and to output the adjusted resolution, an audio processor to process audio data output from the AV decoder and additional information audio data provided from an external audio source, and a controller to receive a command provided from an external commander and to control a selection operation of the scaler and the audio processor based on the command.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the priority of Korean Patent Applications No. 2003-44245, filed on Jul. 1, 2003, and No. 2003-44535, filed on Jul. 2, 2003, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present general inventive concept relates to an audio / video (AV) apparatus such as a digital television set and a digital set-top-box device, which has a structure to perform additional operations to smoothly implement an electronic album, an MP3 player, a FIMS (Family Information Management System), and an additional operation performing apparatus to perform other operations appropriate for the digital AV apparatus. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Digital AV apparatuses such as digital television sets and digital set-top-box devices that process digitized image data are widely distrib...

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Benefits of technology

[0009] The present general inventive concept provides a digital audio / video (AV) apparatus having an improved structure that can easily perform various additional operations such as an electronic album, MP3, FIMS (Family Information Management System), and a digital camera.

Problems solved by technology

However, there is no digital AV apparatus that performs such additional operations in the conventional art.

As a result, users cannot easily connect a MP3 player, a camera, etc., to a digital AV apparatus in order to perform the additional operations.

As a result, since these independent apparatuses are not connected to each other, each apparatus cannot be controlled integrally and automatically.

Users have been inconvenienced since they are required to control each additional apparatus separately.

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